Research interests:

                                    * energy consumption, economic growth, and environment

                                    * economic impacts of climate change

                                    * energy prices, commodity prices, and the macroeconomy

                                    * mean and volatility spillovers in international and local markets

 

Contact information:

Prof. Dr. Ugur Soytas                  

Dep. of Business Administration Middle East Technical University 06531 Ankara, TURKIYE             Ph:+90 3122102048                                Fax:+903122107962                               E-mail: soytas@metu.edu.tr

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Management and Administration Research Center (MARC)

 

 

 

 

 RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
  • Hacihasanoglu, E., Simga-Mugan, F.N.C., and Soytas, U., “Do global risk perceptions play a role in emerging market equity return volatilities?” Forthcoming in Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
  • Turhan, I., Hacihasanoglu, E., Soytas, U., "Oil prices and emerging market exchange rates." Forthcoming in Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
  • Nazlioglu, S., and Soytas, U. “Oil Price, Agricultural Commodity Prices, and the Dollar:A Panel Cointegration and Causality Analysis” Forthcoming in Energy Economics
  • Yılmaz, O.O., and Soytas, U. (2012) “Are Fertility Decisions in Turkey Affected by Infant Mortality and Income?” İşletme, İktisat ve Finans 27: 39-52.
  • Kaltalıoglu, M., Soytas, U. (2011) “Volatility Spillover from Oil to Food and Agricultural Raw Material Markets” Modern Economy 2, pp. 71-76.

  • Sari, R, Soytas, U., and Hacihasanoglu, E. (2011) “Do Global Risk Perceptions Influence World Oil Prices?” Energy Economics 33, pp. 515-524.
  • Nazlioglu, S., and Soytas, U. (2011) “World Oil Prices and Agricultural Commodity Prices: Evidence from an Emerging Market” Energy Economics 33, pp. 488-496. 
  • Soytas, U. and Kucukkaya, E. (2011)“Economic Growth and Financial Development in Turkey: New Evidence.” Applied Economics Letters 18, 595-600.
  • Soytas, U. and Oran, A. (2011) “Volatility Spillover from World Oil Spot Markets to Aggregate and Electricity Stock Index Returns in Turkey” Applied Energy 88, pp. 354-360.

 see CV for a full list of publications

CITATION STATISTICS FROM ISI

Number of citations by others in SSCI or SCI       : 397
h-index                                                                       : 11
Average citations per article in SSCI or SCI         : 21.55

Last update: 18.04.2012


SPRING 2012 COURSES

                                                               BA 6506 Applied Multivariate Analysis

   BA 1502 Business Statistics